Warming ramen bowl

In our home we really like oriental food, maybe it has something to do with my husband living in Korea for two years or maybe just because it is packed full of flavour, spicy, comforting and not heavy.

Last year I started making this Ramen from Cooked with Clara, I have made loads of her recipes and loved her videos. Even my children will eat Ramen with a little moan and few leftover greens at the bottom of their bowls. Just make sure you add enough noodles and no chilies for the little ones.

You can add slivers of beef or chicken but I used Tofu. Can we just quickly talk about how cheap Tofu is if you buy it fresh from a traditional Chinese shop. I kid you not R3 per block and if you bring your own container (which I am happy to, doing my part for saving the planet) it is only R2. Now that is a bargain!! I buy all my essential oriental ingredients from a quaint little Chinese shop at the Carreira centre in Randburg.

You need quite a collection of oriental condiments to get going but once you have it in your pantry it will last for months. The essentials are; fish sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil

If you want to delve deeper into Korean cooking there is amazing classes in Midrand hosted by Rany from Umami food studio. Learn how to make udon noodles, ramen, sushi, dumplings the whole works. I can’t wait to visit.

In the meantime, you can stock up on a whole range of Korean condiments from Che Gourmet like Kimchi and gochujang. Buy online or they are stocked at various supermarkets, health stores and at faithfull to nature.

I am so glad I got to use this bowl and plate set in a recipe, it was a wedding gift from a special friend and I still use it every time we eat Ramen.